Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • kumwaya"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: place where clay for pots is taken from
  • kuponda"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: to pound clay, to stamp clay
  • kutupika"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: to dip clay into water
  • kukasa"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: to knead clay to make it smooth and soft before forming a pot out of it
  • lamanpha"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: good smooth pot-clay
  • kutukumuwa"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: to make a pot round before burning it in fire / to extend, enlarge a pot
  • chikunguti"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: fruit of a mango tree for shaping outside
  • nkhulungo"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: stone, tool with which the potter smoothes the pot in this way
  • nkhama"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: red soil (used to paint a pot)
  • uzilo"
    Language code: N15 Language: tonga
    Translation: black soil (used to paint a pot)
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